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Issue: Mystery in Space #11
Publication Date: December 1952
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Issues: #11 of 117 Issues (130 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/20/1952
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Editor credit confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records dated 1952/08/12, provided by DC Comics. On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy covers; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
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Genres: science fiction
First Line: A prize of one million dollars to anyone who can guess what the creature inside this space-ship looks like!
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Pages: 1
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Letterer(s): ?; typeset
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Feature(s): Novelty Mart
First Line: Uncle Bernie's fun shop buy now - at our low low prices!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Unknown Spaceman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Harrison Hammond
First Line: Mammoth million dollar contest!
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In Content Item: FlagFrom beyond the Unknown #1 published October 1969
as The Unknown Spaceman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMysteries in Space: The Best of DC Science Fiction Comics #[nn] published April 1980
as The Unknown Spaceman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Title, pencils and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records dated 1952/08/12, provided by DC Comics.
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Genres: childrens
First Line: Whoopee! This is the real wild West!
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Pages: 0.5
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Character(s): Dean Martin (cameo); Jerry Lewis (cameo)
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Includes a plug for The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
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Superman Shows How UNICEF Spells Help for the Children of the World!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, superhero
Character(s): Superman
First Line: Gosh, we saw nearly everything on all 38 floors of the United Nations building.
Synopsis: Superman convinces a group of children to contribute their movie money to UNICEF.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This PSA is produced in sequential comics-art style.
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SOS in Space!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Captain Tyndall; Blake; Martin; Deering
First Line: All of those people are the victims of interplanetary shipwrecks!
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Pages: 5.67
Disclose Notes: Pencils and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records dated 1952/08/12, provided by DC Comics.
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First Line: A Roadmaster bicycle... and other dandy prizes... are give away every week!
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Pages: 0.33
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Genres: non-fiction, science and technology
Feature(s): The Expanding Universe
First Line: According to a theory by Prof. Eddington...
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Pages: 0.5
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Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Smith Brothers Cough Drops
First Line: Hurry! Get your own gold lettered personalized wallet!
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Pages: 0.5
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William Henry Pickering

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: non-fiction, science and technology
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Cosmic Capsule!

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Genres: science fiction
First Line: Pluto has sent models of the small sun it uses to heat its frigid atmosphere...
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Pages: 3.67
Disclose Notes: Pencils and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records dated 1952/08/12, provided by DC Comics.
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First Line: I wish he'd get interested in a girl and starting using Wildroot Cream-Oil!
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Pages: 0.33
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Neptune?

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): What Do You Know About
First Line: 1. Unlike its planetary neighbor Uranus, Neptune has no atmosphere at all.
Synopsis: A two-page quiz about Neptune.
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Pages: 2
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Rocketeer for Hire!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Slag Sorrel; Gil Gant; Coral; Hagarians (from the planet Hagar)
First Line: Side-swiping a rocket's nose-bubble is an old space-navy trick...
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In Content Item: FlagFrom beyond the Unknown #17 published June 1972
as Rocketeer for Hire! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Pencils and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records dated 1952/08/12, provided by DC Comics.
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Now More Than Ever-

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): House of Mystery
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Pages: 1
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Genres: non-fiction, science and technology
Feature(s): Mysteries in Space
First Line: If our sun were replaced by the nearest star...
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Pages: 1
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Announcing the new Daisy Defender repeating air rifle
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?; typeset
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Feature(s): Cracker Jack
First Line: Boys! Girls! Send for this hilarious Cracker Jack fun pack
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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